The GesBIB 2 platform, a tool for managing the acquisition of resources in CSIC libraries

Abstract

URICI centralises the acquisition of scientific information resources for the CSIC Library and Archive Network. Researchers at the organisation can access these resources in a transparent manner with just a click, without – fortunately – noticing the technical and administrative work behind it. During the process of acquiring information resources, data is generated that is used in other activities of the Network management. However, the description of the resource to be acquired or its subsequent activation also requires information that has been generated in other stages of the Network management (such as the IP addresses of the centres, the control of authorised users, the volume of personnel broken down by centre or by area, the physical addresses of the institutes, etc.).